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Lyrics & meaning

Un Thalaimudi

From Kadhalil Vizhunthen · 2008

Lyricist
Thamarai
Singers
Karthik, Nitish Gopalan, Maya
Music director
Vijay Antony
Movie name
Kadhalil Vizhunthen
Movie release year
2008
Lyrics added on
22 Mar 2017

Lyrics & meaning

♫ Tanglish lyrics
↻ English translation
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Un thalai mudi udhirvadhai
Kooda thaanga mudiyaadhu anbae
Kan imaigalil unnai naan thaanguven
Un oru nodi pirivinai kooda
Yerka mudiyaadhu kannae
En kanavilum un mugam theduven …
Unnai vaanathil thediyae
Megam kanneerai sindhudho
Unnai naan kandu seravae
Boomi ennodu sutrudho
Un thalai mudi udhirvadhai
Kooda thaanga mudiyaadhu anbae
Kan imaigalil unnai naan thaanguven
Un oru nodi pirivinai kooda
Yerka mudiyaadhu kannae
En kanavilum un mugam theduven
Uchanthalai meedhu
Nee kodukum mutham
Uyirin meedhu pattu therikum
Kaigal patri kondu
Pesi kollum neram inikum … mmm
Edhir varum kaatru un peyarai ennil
Dhinamum kiruki vitu pogum
Un netri pottukullae
Kotti vitten ennai muzhudhum …mm
Un kannil pata poovai
Koondhalukul vaipen
Kaalil pata kallai
Mookuthiyil vaipen
Kaiyil pata ennai
Un idhaya paiyil vaipen
Ennai kodupen oooo
Un thalai mudi udhirvadhai
Kooda thaanga mudiyaadhu anbae
Kan imaigalil unnai naan thaanguven
Un oru nodi pirivinai kooda
Yerka mudiyaadhu kannae
En kanavilum un mugam theduven
Neeyum ennai dhinam
Theda vendum endru
Tholaindhu poga konjam aasai
Naan anaithu thoongum
Meesai vaitha bommai neeyae
Meichal nilamaaga
Vizhundhu kidakindren
Meindhu kol ennai muzhudhum
Ottuyindri thoongum en maarbil
Undhan mutham dhinamum
Unnai patri yerum kaadhal kodi naanae
Un kai ezhuthai thaangum kaagidhamum naanae
Un ullangaiyil sutrum bambaramum naanae
Endhan uyire oh hooo
Un thalai mudi udhirvadhai
Kooda thaanga mudiyaadhu anbae
Kan imaigalil unnai naan thaanguven
Un oru nodi pirivinai kooda
Yerka mudiyaadhu kannae
En kanavilum un mugam theduven …
Unnai vaanathil thediyae
Megam kanneerai sindhudho
Unnai naan kandu seravae
Boomi ennodu sutrudho
...
...
Even a single strand of your hair falling,
I cannot bear, my love.
I will carry you upon my eyelashes.
Even a single second of separation,
I cannot accept, my darling.
I will search for your face even in my dreams...
Searching for you in the sky,
are the clouds shedding tears?
Just for me to find you and be together,
is the earth spinning along with me?
Even a single strand of your hair falling,
I cannot bear, my love.
I will carry you upon my eyelashes.
Even a single second of separation,
I cannot accept, my darling.
I will search for your face even in my dreams.
Right on the crown of my head,
the kiss that you give
touches my soul and sparks through me.
Holding our hands together,
the time we spend talking is so sweet... mmm
The breeze that blows past
scribbles your name on me every day.
Inside the bindi on your forehead,
I have poured all of myself... mmm
The flower that your eyes touched,
I will wear in my hair.
The pebble that touched your foot,
I will set onto my nose ring.
And me, who touched your hand,
I will keep inside the pocket of your heart.
I will give myself to you, oh...
Even a single strand of your hair falling,
I cannot bear, my love.
I will carry you upon my eyelashes.
Even a single second of separation,
I cannot accept, my darling.
I will search for your face even in my dreams.
Just so that you
search for me every day,
I wish to get lost for a while.
The doll with a moustache
that I hold and sleep with is you.
Like an open meadow,
I lie stretched out before you.
Graze upon me completely.
On my bare chest as I sleep,
your kisses fall every day.
I am the climbing vine of love that wraps around you.
I am the paper that holds your handwriting.
I am the spinning top dancing in your palm.
Oh my life, oh ho oo...
Even a single strand of your hair falling,
I cannot bear, my love.
I will carry you upon my eyelashes.
Even a single second of separation,
I cannot accept, my darling.
I will search for your face even in my dreams...
Searching for you in the sky,
are the clouds shedding tears?
Just for me to find you and be together,
is the earth spinning along with me?
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Beyond the translation

Overall song meaning

Un Thalai Mudi Udhirvadhai is a tender and deeply expressive romantic song from the movie Kadhalil Vizhunthen (2008), written by lyricist Thamarai. The song expresses extreme devotion, delicacy, and intense affection between lovers, where even the smallest loss like a falling strand of hair is unbearable to the lover. The protagonist uses evocative imagery—comparing the lover to a doll with a mustache, a vine climbing up a tree, paper holding handwriting, and a top spinning in a hand—to emphasize absolute emotional dependency and deep intimate bond.

Writing craft

Poetic devices

Hyperbole (Uyarvu Navortchi Ani)

“Un thalai mudi udhirvadhai kooda thaanga mudiyaadhu anbae”

Exaggeration used to emphasize extreme love, such as being unable to bear a single strand of hair falling or holding the lover upon one's eyelashes.

Personification (Uruvagandhal Ani)

“Unnai vaanathil thediyae megam kanneerai sindhudho”

Attributing human emotions and actions to natural phenomena like rain falling as clouds weeping in search of the lover.

Metaphor (Uruvagam Ani)

“Unnai patri yerum kaadhal kodi naanae”

Describing oneself as a vine (kaadhal kodi), paper (kaagidham), and a top (bambaram) to illustrate submission and attachment to the lover.

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Trivia

Though Kadhalil Vizhunthen is widely famous for the hit dance number 'Nakka Mukka', 'Un Thalai Mudi Udhirvadhai' composed by Vijay Antony stands out as one of Thamarai's finest female-perspective romantic lyrics, celebrated for its unique metaphors like 'Meesai vaitha bommai' (mustached doll).

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